SALINE by Osiris Saline

2015 me believed that SALINE was 'an experimental gothic glam rock album made through surgery, poverty, illness, and coming to terms with the kindness & evils of those you know, those you don't, and those you hear about. From me, to you, to deities, to the world as we know it...' and I'd agree with that in 2020.

In terms of the variety of styles, the constant barrage of different topics and themes covered per song, and changed in production, I think this is a fabulous album. The singing sure isn't perfect as 2016 was a severe year of illness, poverty, and hospitals, but what that puts across is better than any other form of delivery.

I was surprised people liked this album on release, and I'm still surprised that new listeners like it now, but sometimes being weird and different works out.

The major downsides come at points where sarcastic/parody/attempting irony (always a bad idea) songs seem like they aren't succeeding with the criticism, and they may put across messages I completely disagree with.

The most obvious of those failures being the idea of being terrified of blood/relationships/sex/queer folk in Positive. Positive was intended to mock the ignorant boogeyman view of people with HIV, and the knock on impact that intentionally bred societal ignorance has on queer folk everywhere, and of course on anyone with HIV. But it seems like I'm preaching 'get tested, don't get an infection, stay safe, isolate yourself, don't come near to me!' rather than successfully showing how grating those statements are. It's a nice composition. Too nice. And I wrote and sang the vocals too sincerely, which gives no true context for why I think statements such as those covered in the lyrics suck most of the time. Some people got it, a few people didn't. But for those that did not get it, it was my failure, not theirs.

Bandcamp: https://osirissaline.bandcamp.com/album/saline
Archive: https://archive.org/details/OsirisSalineSaline

Everything by Osiris Saline except piano & flutes (Symphonies Of Trust) by Lauren C, and cover painting by Monika B.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/osirissaline
Bandcamp: https://osirissaline.bandcamp.com/
Covers Bandcamp: https://osirissalinecovers.bandcamp.com/
Rarely Used Blog: https://osirissaline.wordpress.com/

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Tracklist

1.	Closer Closest [Instrumental]	1:26

2.	Chemical Bride	3:02

3.	Sinking Swans	2:08

4.	We're Still Here	2:48

5.	KMKUltra	2:01

6.	Huff the Onstage Surrealist	3:23

7.	Quality vs. Quantity	2:51

8.	Symphonies of Trust	3:54

9.	Realization [Instrumental]	1:01

10.	Auf Wiedersehen	1:55

11.	Rinse & Repeat	2:40

12.	Positive	3:22

13.	Last Cigarette on a Tuesday	2:07

14.	Playing God(ot)	4:25

15.	Fingers Slowly Peeling	4:34

16.	Sinking Swans [Instrumental]	2:07

17.	We're Still Here [Instrumental]	2:47

18.	KMKUltra [Instrumental]	1:59

19.	Huff The Onstage Surrealist [Instrumental]	3:23

20.	Quality vs. Quantity [Instrumental]	2:49

21.	Symphonies Of Trust [Instrumental]	3:52

22.	Auf Wiedersehen [Instrumental]	1:53

23.	Rinse & Repeat [Instrumental]	2:39

24.	Positive [Instrumental]	3:21

25.	Last Cigarette On A Tuesday [Instrumental]	2:04

26.	Playing God(ot) [Instrumental]	4:27

27.	Fingers Slowly Peeling [Instrumental]	4:34

28.	Chemical Bride [Acoustic]	3:20

29.	KMKUltra [Acoustic]	1:35

30.	Quality vs. Quantity [Acoustic]	2:33

31.	Fingers Slowly Peeling [Acoustic]	3:06

32.	Fingers Slowly Peeling [Instrumental Symphonic Mix]	3:41

33.	Chemical Bride [Half Time Version][Demo][Instrumental]	5:31

34.	Chemical Bride [Demo]	3:34

35.	Huff The Onstage Surrealist [Demo]	4:42

36.	Playing God(ot) [Demo][Instrumental]	4:38

37.	Huff The Onstage Surrealist [Acoustic Demo]	4:44

38.	Playing God(ot) [Acoustic Demo]	4:12

39.	Sinking Swans [Acoustic Demo]	1:46

40.	Rot & Decay [Acoustic Demo of We're Still Here]	2:48

41.	Symphonies of Trust [Acoustic Demo]	3:38

42.	Quality vs. Quantity [Acoustic Demo]	2:40

43.	Last Cigarette on a Tuesday [Acoustic Demo]	1:41

44.	Positive [Acoustic Demo]	3:18

Credits

released August 26, 2016

Instruments/Vocals/Production/Composing: Osiris Saline
Piano & Flute on Symphonies of Trust: Lauren C
Cover Painting: Monika B

License

CC BY-ND 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.